•Detroit Pistons: They're looking to acquire a big talent. If they can't land one now, expect them to go back into the market this summer when struggling teams may be even more willing to unload contracts.

You would think DET has to make a move soon. I just don't see how long Joe can walk around stockpiling 2nd round draft picks without some team making a move on him. It's like walking through the roughest neighborhoods with fistfuls of cash after a while.

I hate the concept of untradebly Piston players. If Shaq (even an older one), Joe Johnson, KG, Allen, AI etc. can be traded then certainly anyone on the Pistons roster should be available for the right price. If you're getting a chance at Bosh and Stuckey were the starting point, I'd put him on a plane yesterday. I'd be singing a different tune if we had CP3, Williams, Roy etc.

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This is true. Even though there might be some extreme mis-perceptions on JD's end and an overvalue on some players (Tay and Stuckey); it's a must we hold him accountable.

I just wish he would not give these fluff interviews with the shrills. It's becoming embarrassing.

You would think DET has to make a move soon. I just don't see how long Joe can walk around stockpiling 2nd round draft picks without some team making a move on him. It's like walking through the roughest neighborhoods with fistfuls of cash after a while.

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Perhaps there is some sort of internal mentality that comments to the gang back home after the mugging, " I never saw it coming, I can't believe they're from the neighborhood."

(but seriously for a moment, he probably never had the touch. He probably got lucky the same way Ainge did, except Ainge's moves were much closer together; Sheed basically fell into his lap)

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Come on, did you see this team when he took it over in 2000? Stack, gimpy Grant Hill, The Binary man himself, Lindsey Hunter, Terry Mills, etc was the roster he was given.

By 2003, there was only 1 player remaining from the team he took over (Lindsey Hunter), and managed to throw a Hall of Fame coach in the mix as well. The Lakers are really the only team I can think of in recent memory (with Shaq and Kobe), that built a championship team without getting a franchise superstar in the draft.

We haven't seen many great "Free agent steals" lately because Joe hasn't been looking for a starter to throw the full MLE at, and a few watered down FA classes. Plus, until this season, about 40 minutes of the game was set with 4 or 5 guys on the floor playing large minutes. You aren't going to throw huge money at a guy who is going to play 10 minutes off the bench and expect him to be a big contributer. Our only semi-open spot recently has been Center, and that is a spot you simply cannot fill with the MLE or less. McDyess has been probably the best MLE and under big man in the league the last 4 years or so, and Joe got him. What player out there should he have gotten with the money he had?

Joe's biggest knock right now is that he probably waited too long to make a move. He should have moved a core piece after that first year we fell apart under Saunders and Ben left. At this point, the veteran core is too "tired" to make a legit run at it.

Come on, did you see this team when he took it over in 2000? Stack, gimpy Grant Hill, The Binary man himself, Lindsey Hunter, Terry Mills, etc was the roster he was given.

By 2003, there was only 1 player remaining from the team he took over (Lindsey Hunter), and managed to throw a Hall of Fame coach in the mix as well. The Lakers are really the only team I can think of in recent memory (with Shaq and Kobe), that built a championship team without getting a franchise superstar in the draft.

We haven't seen many great "Free agent steals" lately because Joe hasn't been looking for a starter to throw the full MLE at, and a few watered down FA classes. Plus, until this season, about 40 minutes of the game was set with 5 guys on the floor playing large minutes. You aren't going to throw huge money at a guy who is going to play 10 minutes off the bench and expect him to be a big contributer.

Joe's biggest knock right now is that he probably waited too long to make a move. He should have moved a core piece after that first year we fell apart under Saunders and Ben left. At this point, the veteran core is too "tired" to make a legit run at it.

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Have I ventured into the wrong place? To think that someone would dare to take an objective stance on Joe D's performance? That's it. I quit this worthless forum.

Joe is laying it on the line: the only real move is to bring in a "impact" big to the Pistons. That is the mandate. Any other trade is just treading water. Yes, that implys that our current young bigs have limitations in his eyes.